Heavy Cruisers
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berwick | UK | July 1927 | 1936 | Joined Mediterranean Fleet |
| Canberra | Australia | | US Pacific Fleet (Task Force 17) |
| |
| Cornwall | UK | December 1927 |
<1938 December 1939 5 April 1942 |
UK for Refit South Atlantic and Africa Station Sunk by Japanese air attack |
| Cumberland | UK | December 1927 <1938 March 1944 |
1935 1938 November 1945 |
UK for reconstruction 2nd Cruiser Squadron Joined Home Fleet |
| Devonshire | UK | December 1941 April 1942 |
January 1942 March 1943 |
Refit at Norfolk Naval Shipyard Refit, then Home Fleet |
| Dorsetshire | UK | 1937 November 1940 March 1942 |
October 1939 December 1940 5 April 1942 |
South Atlantic and Africa Station Atlantic Sunk by Japanese air attack |
| Effingham | UK | 1925 | | Joined Home Fleet |
|
| Frobisher | UK | 1926 March 1942 |
1926 March 1944 |
Joined Mediterranean Fleet Joined Home Fleet |
| Hawkins | UK | 1919 >December 1929 September 1932 |
November 1928 May 1930 April 1935 >December 1941 February 1944 |
Refit in UK Reserve Reserve Refit at Portsmouth Joined Home Fleet for D-day |
| Kent | UK | June 1928 1938 |
1937 August 1940 |
Reconstruction Joined Mediterranean Fleet |
| London | UK | May 1943 | June 1949 | Paid off |
| Suffolk | UK | February 1928 April 1943 |
| Joined Home Fleet |
Joined Home Fleet |
| Sussex | UK | >February 1943 | >July 1945 |
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Of all this unintelligible world
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